Last Friday Ruth at There Is No Such Thing as a God-Forsaken Town shared Mary Oliver’s poem How Would You Live Then? I was so taken by the form of the poem with its repeating “what if” questions I wanted to give it a try. As you can see my questions took me in a different direction.

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As someone who has moved every couple of years my whole life, these lines really appealed to me “What if our bodies grew/ Down into the earth, clutching the soil in our twining toes,/ Binding us to one place?”

What if we rose with the sun and sang each morning,Sticking our heads through windows or chasing after

Creeks in our nightclothes?

Just loved this opening….it transports you to possibilities immediately.

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A Little About Me

I live in Washington, DC with my husband, two of my three kids (one has left the nest), and my sleepy cat, Scout. My book Soccer Nonsense is forthcoming from Boyds Mills Press. I am a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. When I get stuck with my writing, I go out for a walk for inspiration. You can see photographs from my walks on instagram at elizabethsteinglass.